"in favor of explosive color, unforced humor, and majestic choral arrangements of American musical standards, this patriotic tribute to the U.S.A. was clearly a labor of love for all involved, and the feeling is infectious. A veritable cornucopia of sight and sound sensations, ""Uncle Sam Magoo"" is this collection's crowning achievement."" DVD Talk called it a ""bizarre bit of Nixon-era patriotism"". Uncle Sam Magoo Uncle Sam Magoo is a 1970 television special directed by Abe Levitow and written by Larry Markes, Henry G. Saperstein and Sam Rosen. The special stars Jim Backus as Mr. Magoo, Lennie Weinrib, Bob Holt, Patti"
"Kung Fu Magoo Kung Fu Magoo is a 2010 Mexican-American animated action comedy film based on the ""Mr. Magoo"" character, created by Millard Kaufman and John Hubley. This film was produced by Classic Media, Ánima Estudios, and Santo Domingo Films. This film was also produced by Motion Toons, a new animation studio created in conjunction of Ánima Estudios, and Santo Domingo Films. English voice-cast stars Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Alyson Stoner and voice actors Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Jim Conroy, Chris Parnell, and Maile Flanagan. It was the first animated feature featuring ""Mr. Magoo"" in more than three decades, and"
"Mr. Magoo (film) Mr. Magoo is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Hong Kong film veteran Stanley Tong (his sole English language film) and written by Pat Proft and Tom Sherohman. A live-action film adaptation of UPA's cartoon of the same name, it was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and starred Leslie Nielsen as the title character, alongside Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ernie Hudson, Jennifer Garner and Malcolm McDowell. The film was a critical and commercial failure, grossing $21 million, falling short of its $30 million budget. Criticism singled out the seemingly mocking portrayal of"
"networks: Kung Fu Magoo Kung Fu Magoo is a 2010 Mexican-American animated action comedy film based on the ""Mr. Magoo"" character, created by Millard Kaufman and John Hubley. This film was produced by Classic Media, Ánima Estudios, and Santo Domingo Films. This film was also produced by Motion Toons, a new animation studio created in conjunction of Ánima Estudios, and Santo Domingo Films. English voice-cast stars Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Alyson Stoner and voice actors Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Jim Conroy, Chris Parnell, and Maile Flanagan. It was the first animated feature featuring ""Mr. Magoo"" in more than three decades,"
"and the disclaimer at the end was unnecessary, they also found it funnier than anything in the movie. Mr. Magoo (film) Mr. Magoo is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Hong Kong film veteran Stanley Tong (his sole English language film) and written by Pat Proft and Tom Sherohman. A live-action film adaptation of UPA's cartoon of the same name, it was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and starred Leslie Nielsen as the title character, alongside Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ernie Hudson, Jennifer Garner and Malcolm McDowell. The film was a critical and commercial failure,"
"by Dennis Farnon and his orchestra. Side 2, ""The Mother Magoo Suite"", was a series of musical pieces which included two solos by Marni Nixon. In 1959, Mr. Magoo starred in ""1001 Arabian Nights"", directed by Jack Kinney, UPA's first feature-length production. In 1997, the live-action comedy film ""Mr. Magoo"" was produced by Walt Disney Pictures on December 25, 1997 and starred Leslie Nielsen as the title character. The film received negative reviews from critics In 2010, a direct-to-video action-comedy film based on the character, ""Kung Fu Magoo"", was released on DVD on May 11, 2010. It features the voices"
"both performers. On July 3, 1989, Backus died in Los Angeles from complications of pneumonia after suffering from Parkinson's disease for many years. He was buried at the southwest corner of Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles. Jim Backus James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles were the voice of nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of ""The Alan Young Show"", Joan Davis' character's husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's ""I"
"later cartoons, he is also an actor, and generally a competent one, except for his visual impairment. ""Magoo"" episodes were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (the Oscar) four times, and received the award twice, for ""When Magoo Flew"" (1954) and ""Magoo's Puddle Jumper"" (1956). In 2002, ""TV Guide"" ranked Mr. Magoo number 29 on its ""50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time"" list. Mr. Magoo's first appearance was in the theatrical short cartoon ""The Ragtime Bear"" (1949), scripted by Millard Kaufman. His creation was a collaborative effort; animation director John Hubley is said to have"
"Jim Backus James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles were the voice of nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of ""The Alan Young Show"", Joan Davis' character's husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's ""I Married Joan"", James Dean's character's father in ""Rebel Without a Cause"", and Thurston Howell III, on the 1960s sitcom ""Gilligan's Island"". He also starred in his own show of one season, ""The Jim Backus Show"", also known as ""Hot Off"
"""The Tale of the Dead Man's Float"" and as the Court Jester in sixth-season episode ""The Tale of the Wisdom Glass"". He also guest starred in TV shows including ""Soldier of Fortune, Inc."", ""The Hunger"" and ""The Business"". Holden has also done voices for many cartoon series, video games and films including: Arthur Holden Arthur Holden (born August 28, 1959) is a Canadian actor and writer. Best known as a voice actor, with roles including Mr. Ratburn in ""Arthur"", Baba-Miao in ""Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat"", Mayor Mallard in ""The Little Twins"", and Mr. Larkin from ""What's With Andy?"", he"
"in numerous video games, toys and cartoons. He provided the daily intros and various monsters for Saban Productions, including the benevolent 'Baboo' in ""Mighty Morphin Power Rangers""; Angemon, Gekkomon and Uppamon in """" and also is remembered for voicing Amarao in Digital Manga's ""FLCL,"" Herzog in the alternative reality game I Love Bees and Akuma in Street Fighter among numerous others. Dave Mallow Dave Mallow (born October 19, 1948) is an American voice actor. Born in Park Ridge, Illinois, Mallow's father worked in radio and television and was a 30-year on-air veteran at Chicago's WGN. After graduating from Maine South"
"Michael Gambon Sir Michael John Gambon (born 19 October 1940) is an Irish-born British actor who has worked in theatre, television, and film. He moved to England and gained British citizenship. Gambon has played the eponymous mystery writer protagonist in the BBC television serial ""The Singing Detective"", Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV serial ""Maigret"", and Professor Albus Dumbledore in the final six ""Harry Potter"" films after the death of Richard Harris who had previously played the role. He has won four BAFTA TV Awards and three Olivier Awards. He was knighted in 1998 for services to drama, and he"
"Mr. Magoo (TV series) Mr. Magoo is an upcoming French-American 2D animated series made by Xilam and DreamWorks Animation Television. It will premiere in Spring 2019. ""Mr. Magoo"" follows the eponymous kind-hearted fellow who is always happy to lend a hand -- but often causes disasters instead as without his glasses he makes all kinds of chaotic mix-ups. Despite this, his only enemy is Fizz: a megalomaniacal hamster who is somehow always accidentally thwarted by Magoo. The series was picked up by France 3 in France, ITV and CITV in the United Kingdom, ABC Me in the Australia, Universal Kids"
"Carol"" in ""The Simpsons"" episode ""'Tis the Fifteenth Season"" . Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol is a 1962 animated musical holiday television special produced by UPA. It is an adaptation of ""A Christmas Carol"" by Charles Dickens, featuring UPA's character Mr. Magoo as Ebenezer Scrooge. The special first aired on December 18, 1962 on NBC. Jim Backus provides the voice of Magoo, with additional voices provided by Paul Frees, Morey Amsterdam, Joan Gardner, and Jack Cassidy. The special is directed by Abe Levitow and features songs composed by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Bob Merrill. It is"
"the character itself. Under Burness, Magoo would win two Academy Awards for the studio with ""When Magoo Flew"" (1955) and ""Magoo's Puddle Jumper"" (1956). Burness scrubbed Magoo of his politicized meanness and left only a few strange unempathic comments that made him appear senile or somewhat mad. Magoo was frequently accompanied in his on-screen escapades with his nephew Waldo, voiced at various times by Jerry Hausner or Daws Butler. On talk shows, Backus often told the tale of how he originally discovered Magoo's voice when he put on a fake rubber nose that pinched his nose slightly, giving it the"
"to congratulate the assistant on a job well done and take the crooks into custody. Tracy, as Chief of Detectives, presented an image of calm professionalism in contrast to the comedic roles that the funny subordinates played. UPA was also the producer of the Mr. Magoo cartoons, and a crossover was arranged between Tracy and Magoo in a 1965 episode of the TV series ""The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo"". In this episode, ""Dick Tracy and the Mob"", Tracy persuades Magoo (a well-known actor in the context of the ""Famous Adventures"" series) to impersonate an international hit man whom he"
"Arthur Holden Arthur Holden (born August 28, 1959) is a Canadian actor and writer. Best known as a voice actor, with roles including Mr. Ratburn in ""Arthur"", Baba-Miao in ""Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat"", Mayor Mallard in ""The Little Twins"", and Mr. Larkin from ""What's With Andy?"", he has also had roles in film, television and theatre, and has written for stage, film and television. ""Ars Poetica"" is a play that Holden wrote. His father was politician Richard Holden. He lives in Montreal with writer Claire Holden Rothman. Holden has also done voices for many videogames such as """", ""Far"
"Keith Ferguson (voice actor) Keith James Ferguson (born February 26, 1972) is an American voice actor best known for the voice-over roles of Bloo Kazoo from ""Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"", Basch fon Ronsenburg from ""Final Fantasy XII"", Marluxia from ""Kingdom Hearts"", Lord Hater from ""Wander Over Yonder"", Lord Saladin Forge from ""Destiny"" and ""Destiny 2"" and Reaper from ""Overwatch"". He also provides a number of ""sound-alike"" portrayals in the VO industry, including Harrison Ford's Han Solo and Indiana Jones in ""Robot Chicken"" and the voice of Lightning McQueen in ""Cars Toons"" and ""Cars"" video games, replacing Owen Wilson in"
"Michael McConnohie Michael D. McConnohie (born July 23, 1951 in Mansfield, Ohio) is an American voice actor, writer and director who has provided many voice roles in movies, anime, and video games. He and fellow actress Melodee Spevack run a production company called VoxWorks. Some of his major works include the Narrator on ""Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo"" and ""Hunter x Hunter"", Azulongmon in ""Digimon"", Gork in ""Masked Rider"", Keiichi Ikari in ""Paranoia Agent"", Rolf Emerson in ""Robotech"", Manzou the Saw in ""Samurai Champloo"", Cosmos and Tracks in ""Transformers"", Hot Shot / Ironhide in """", D in ""Vampire Hunter D"", Chief Inquisitor Margulis"
"in ""Xenosaga"" and Charles zi Britannia in ""Code Geass"". Michael McConnohie Michael D. McConnohie (born July 23, 1951 in Mansfield, Ohio) is an American voice actor, writer and director who has provided many voice roles in movies, anime, and video games. He and fellow actress Melodee Spevack run a production company called VoxWorks. Some of his major works include the Narrator on ""Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo"" and ""Hunter x Hunter"", Azulongmon in ""Digimon"", Gork in ""Masked Rider"", Keiichi Ikari in ""Paranoia Agent"", Rolf Emerson in ""Robotech"", Manzou the Saw in ""Samurai Champloo"", Cosmos and Tracks in ""Transformers"", Hot Shot / Ironhide in"
"Soon-Tek Oh Soon-Tek Oh (, ""Oh Sun-taek"" – also spelled as Soon-Taek Oh or Soon-Taik Oh or Soon-Teck Oh; June 29, 1932 – April 4, 2018) was a Korean-American actor best known for the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney's ""Mulan"" and the direct-to-video sequel ""Mulan II"" and the sadistic Colonel Yin in """". He has starred in many films, and also acted in television series, including ""Stargate SG-1"", ""MacGyver"", ""M*A*S*H,"" ""Charlie's Angels"", ""Airwolf"", ""Magnum, P.I."", ""Hawaii Five-O"", ""Kung-Fu"", ""Zorro"", ‘’ Black Sheep Squadron’’, and ""Touched by an Angel"". Oh was mistakenly said to have been born in Japan, due"
"specialist whilst his father was a well-known pianist who was one of Southern California's popular piano men until his death in 1999. Keith Ferguson (voice actor) Keith James Ferguson (born February 26, 1972) is an American voice actor best known for the voice-over roles of Bloo Kazoo from ""Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"", Basch fon Ronsenburg from ""Final Fantasy XII"", Marluxia from ""Kingdom Hearts"", Lord Hater from ""Wander Over Yonder"", Lord Saladin Forge from ""Destiny"" and ""Destiny 2"" and Reaper from ""Overwatch"". He also provides a number of ""sound-alike"" portrayals in the VO industry, including Harrison Ford's Han Solo and"
"in the United States, Discovery Italy's K2, Super RTL's Toggo in Germany, and Cartoon Network in Asia, scheduled to debut in Spring 2019. In 2019, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment signed a deal with DreamWorks Animation and Xilam to secure the North American DVD rights to ""Mr. Magoo"". In UK, France, Germany and Italy, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will publish the series soon on DVD. Mr. Magoo (TV series) Mr. Magoo is an upcoming French-American 2D animated series made by Xilam and DreamWorks Animation Television. It will premiere in Spring 2019. ""Mr. Magoo"" follows the eponymous kind-hearted fellow who is always"
"later years in Woodland Hills, California, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, a retirement community, where he died of natural causes on May 19, 2016, at the age of 96. Alan Young Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British–American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio and television host/personality who ""TV Guide"" called ""the Charlie Chaplin of television"". He was best known for his role as gentle Wilbur Post in the television comedy series, ""Mister Ed"" (1961–1966). Young was also the voice of Disney's Scrooge McDuck for over thirty"
"Alan Young Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British–American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio and television host/personality who ""TV Guide"" called ""the Charlie Chaplin of television"". He was best known for his role as gentle Wilbur Post in the television comedy series, ""Mister Ed"" (1961–1966). Young was also the voice of Disney's Scrooge McDuck for over thirty years, first in the Academy Award-nominated short film ""Mickey's Christmas Carol"" (1983) and in various other films, TV series and video games until his death. During the 1940s and 1950s, he starred in his"
"what he saw and was influenced by it. He left the company during Disney animators' strike in 1941, and found work directing films for Screen Gems and the Army's First Motion Picture Unit until he joined United Productions of America which was founded by Stephen Bosustow, Zack Schwartz, Dave Hilberman and former Disney animator Ub Iwerks. UPA soon became known for their highly stylized designs and limited animation. In 1949 he was the creator of the Mr. Magoo cartoon character, based on an uncle, and directed the first Magoo cartoon with Jim Backus voicing Magoo. He was forced to leave"
"Mahesh Jadu Mahesh Jadu (born 26 October 1982) is an Australian actor. He is best known for the role of Dr. Doug Harris in the soap opera ""Neighbours"" and the role of Ahmad in Netflix original series ""Marco Polo"". He also portrayed the supporting role of Shanmugum in the miniseries ""Better Man"". Jadu was born in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. His family is from Mauritius and he has Indian heritage, from Gorakhpur and Kashmir. He was raised in Perth, Western Australia. He started off as a composer for an Australian show, ""Byte Me"". He auditioned for a small role in an"
"and packaged for syndication, usually intended for local children's shows. UPA was also the production company behind the Mr. Magoo cartoons, so it was possible for them to arrange a meeting between Tracy and Magoo in a 1965 episode of the season-long TV series ""The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo"". In the episode ""Dick Tracy and the Mob"", Tracy persuades Magoo (a well-known actor in the context of the ""Famous Adventures"" series) to impersonate an international hit man named Squinty Eyes, who he resembles, and infiltrate a gang of criminals made up of Flattop, Pruneface, Itchy, Mumbles and others. Unlike"
"Paul Dobson (actor) Paul William Dobson (born December 7, 1963) is an English-Canadian voice actor who works for Ocean Studios and various other studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has voiced many characters in cartoons, anime dubs and video games. He is best known as Naraku and Myoga from ""InuYasha"", Doctor Doom from """", Juggernaut from ""X-Men Evolution"", Happosai from ""Ranma ½"", Enzo Matrix from ""ReBoot"", Folken Fanel from the Ocean dub of ""Escaflowne"", Zarbon from the Ocean dub of ""Dragon Ball Z"", Graveheart from ""Shadow Raiders"", various characters from several ""Transformers"" series (""Beast Machines"", """", """" and """"),"
"Steve Ma Steve Ma Jingtao (born 14 February 1962) is a Taiwanese actor best known for acting in many Taiwanese, mainland Chinese and Singaporean television series since the early 1990s. Most of the more notable television series he acted in are of the ""wuxia"" and historical drama genres. Some of his notable roles in television series include: Zhang Wuji in ""The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber"" (1994); Lü Dongbin in ""Legend of the Eight Immortals"" (1999); Linghu Chong in ""The Legendary Swordsman"" (2000); Dorgon in ""Xiaozhuang Mishi"" (2002); Nurhaci in ""Taizu Mishi"" (2005); King Zhou of Shang in ""The Legend"
"in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". In 1970 Mr. Magoo starred as Uncle Sam in the TV special ""Uncle Sam Magoo"". In the late 1970s, Mr. Magoo appeared in a new Saturday morning CBS television series called ""What's New, Mr. Magoo?"" This series was made under license by the DePatie–Freleng studio, as UPA had by this time ceased in-house cartoon production. In 1997, Mr. Magoo was portrayed by Leslie Nielsen in a live-action ""Mr. Magoo"" feature film. It failed to find critical or popular success, and some support groups for the disabled, including the National Federation of the Blind, protested it"
"Richard McGonagle Richard Francis McGonagle (born October 22, 1946) is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his voice-over work in video games, movies and television shows. He is also known for his work by voicing Colonel Taggart in ""Prototype"", Orlovsky in """", Mr. Incredible through various ""The Incredibles"" projects (replacing Craig T. Nelson), Victor Sullivan in the ""Uncharted"" franchise, Four Arms and Exo-Skull in the ""Ben 10"" franchise, Bato in """", Dr. Peace in ""No More Heroes"", Eight Armed-Willy in ""The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack"", Dr. I.Q. Hi in ""Duck Dodgers"", Apocalypse in """", Ed Machine"
"() and Ma Shixin (). Steve Ma Steve Ma Jingtao (born 14 February 1962) is a Taiwanese actor best known for acting in many Taiwanese, mainland Chinese and Singaporean television series since the early 1990s. Most of the more notable television series he acted in are of the ""wuxia"" and historical drama genres. Some of his notable roles in television series include: Zhang Wuji in ""The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber"" (1994); Lü Dongbin in ""Legend of the Eight Immortals"" (1999); Linghu Chong in ""The Legendary Swordsman"" (2000); Dorgon in ""Xiaozhuang Mishi"" (2002); Nurhaci in ""Taizu Mishi"" (2005); King Zhou"